Safari Grill is the only sit-down restaurant in Short Pants Plaza. Decked out in earth tones, zebra print and Bollywood videos on the flat-screen, it’s a comfortable space for sharing east African and east Indian food. On the night we were there, two boys kept re-enacting their favourite dives from the World Cup while their [...]
This month, I started a weekly column on CBC Radio’s afternoon show, The Homestretch. The focus is on hidden gems and holes-in-the-walls in Calgary. Tune into FM99.1 or AM1010 or live online every Wednesday at 5:20 p.m.
Listen to the Tiffin review.
This is my Calgary-style tiffin. A tiffin is basically made up of metal, flat-bottomed bowls [...]
The Pump House was one of my favourite places when I lived in Moncton. It’s a great, spacious brewpub downtown with a huge patio and lots of beer.
It now has a larger bottling brewery in the city’s north, with the Barnyard BBQ restaurant in the front. After a few wrong turns, I can [...]
I’ve never had real Southern BBQ before so until I make it to that part of the U.S., I make do with what I can find at home. Nothing has blown me away but there are two decent places in Calgary.
The Palomino has a smoker right in the restaurant. There’s a live music stage [...]
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